Wednesday, 7 November 2012

List of Irish Saints and Diocesan Patrons

I came across a useful list of Irish saints and diocesan patrons in an illustrated pamphlet, published around 1902, on the Life of St Finn Barr. An Appendix gives a list of names of Irish saints, which the author, the Rev. C. M. O'Brien, included as an aid to parents wishing to give Irish Christian names to their children. A couple of points of interest about the diocesan patrons, first, there is only female saint among them, Saint Brigid of Kildare, and secondly, Galway's patron, Saint Nicholas of Myra, is a long way from home. The name of the patron of Raphoe is given under both of its forms, Adamnan and Eunan. I have reproduced the list exactly as it appears in the booklet.

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I double-checked the original in case I had made an error in my typing but the name is given as Rissen in this list. It is common for the names of Irish saints to be transliterated in a variety of ways, this saint is called Ruisen in the Martyrology of Donegal and Ruissen in the Martyrology of Tallaght.

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I am an Irishwoman interested in the lives of our native saints. I am not a professional scholar in this field but attempt to keep up with the work of those who are. I am particularly interested in the many obscure Irish saints whose names fill the pages of our Martyrologies.

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O'Hanlon's Lives of the Irish Saints

One of the major sources used at this blog is the nine-volume Lives of the Irish Saints by John, Canon O'Hanlon (1821-1905). It is a work in the public domain and available through the Internet Archive. A post on the life and work of the 'Irish Bollandist' can be read here.

Trias Thaumaturga

Trias Thaumaturga is the sister blog to this site and houses an archive of posts specifically on the three wonderworking patron saints of Ireland, Saint Patrick, Saint Brigid and Saint Colum Cille. Visit it here.